Germaine
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to girls 77.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1928 · 203 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,910since 1895
Germaine over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | #7,738 | 10 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | #8,825 | 8 | |
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | — | #7,173 | 11 | |
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #5,297 | 17 |
| 2016 | — | #10,744 | 6 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,999 | 14 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,997 | 14 | |
| 2013 | — | #7,026 | 11 | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #4,003 | 25 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #4,221 | 23 |
| 2010 | — | #3,633 | 29 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,919 | 26 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,267 | 23 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,893 | 26 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #4,370 | 21 |
| 2005 | — | #3,710 | 25 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #3,158 | 31 |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | #3,626 | 24 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #2,603 | 37 |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | #3,617 | 23 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #2,993 | 29 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #2,795 | 30 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #2,450 | 35 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | #2,396 | 34 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | #2,590 | 29 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | #2,253 | 35 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #2,181 | 37 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | #1,662 | 53 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | #2,412 | 30 |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 | #2,227 | 32 |
| 1990 | #4,380 | 22 | #1,780 | 44 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | #2,154 | 32 |
| 1988 | #4,172 | 21 | #2,197 | 28 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | #1,467 | 49 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #1,760 | 35 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 | #1,389 | 49 |
| 1984 | #3,527 | 23 | #1,084 | 68 |
| 1983 | #2,910 | 29 | #1,239 | 55 |
| 1982 | #3,017 | 29 | #1,031 | 77 |
| 1981 | #2,409 | 40 | #1,029 | 78 |
| 1980 | #2,866 | 31 | #924 | 93 |
| 1979 | #2,387 | 39 | #1,016 | 76 |
| 1978 | #2,801 | 29 | #989 | 76 |
| 1977 | #2,463 | 35 | #882 | 92 |
| 1976 | #2,210 | 38 | #875 | 91 |
| 1975 | #1,935 | 46 | #841 | 97 |
| 1974 | #1,772 | 50 | #761 | 113 |
| 1973 | #1,478 | 64 | #660 | 146 |
| 1972 | #1,161 | 93 | #629 | 157 |
| 1971 | #1,194 | 95 | #828 | 95 |
| 1970 | #1,444 | 71 | #1,582 | 29 |
| 1969 | #1,214 | 84 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,504 | 57 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,209 | 77 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #1,320 | 67 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,200 | 80 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,097 | 99 | — | |
| 1963 | #944 | 125 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,043 | 107 | — | |
| 1961 | #957 | 127 | — | |
| 1960 | #999 | 116 | — | |
| 1959 | #978 | 117 | — | |
| 1958 | #947 | 119 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,002 | 108 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,169 | 79 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,157 | 74 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,045 | 88 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,103 | 77 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,138 | 69 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,063 | 76 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,064 | 75 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,064 | 71 | — | |
| 1948 | #977 | 79 | — | |
| 1947 | #920 | 93 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,023 | 68 | — | |
| 1945 | #881 | 73 | — | |
| 1944 | #855 | 79 | — | |
| 1943 | #792 | 96 | — | |
| 1942 | #835 | 83 | — | |
| 1941 | #790 | 83 | — | |
| 1940 | #762 | 84 | — | |
| 1939 | #628 | 116 | — | |
| 1938 | #629 | 119 | — | |
| 1937 | #604 | 124 | — | |
| 1936 | #638 | 106 | — | |
| 1935 | #540 | 141 | — | |
| 1934 | #530 | 149 | — | |
| 1933 | #502 | 161 | — | |
| 1932 | #533 | 152 | — | |
| 1931 | #554 | 139 | — | |
| 1930 | #560 | 147 | — | |
| 1929 | #499 | 182 | — | |
| 1928 | #480 | 203 | — | |
| 1927 | #541 | 171 | — | |
| 1926 | #602 | 138 | — | |
| 1925 | #560 | 164 | — | |
| 1924 | #570 | 164 | — | |
| 1923 | #587 | 151 | — | |
| 1922 | #542 | 171 | — | |
| 1921 | #581 | 155 | — | |
| 1920 | #596 | 145 | — | |
| 1919 | #641 | 117 | — | |
| 1918 | #697 | 106 | — | |
| 1917 | #624 | 120 | — | |
| 1916 | #569 | 138 | — | |
| 1915 | #545 | 137 | — | |
| 1914 | #507 | 121 | — | |
| 1913 | #495 | 106 | — | |
| 1912 | #525 | 85 | — | |
| 1911 | #585 | 53 | — | |
| 1910 | #630 | 45 | — | |
| 1909 | #719 | 31 | — | |
| 1908 | #527 | 48 | — | |
| 1907 | #790 | 22 | — | |
| 1906 | #661 | 30 | — | |
| 1905 | #825 | 20 | — | |
| 1904 | #668 | 27 | — | |
| 1903 | #813 | 18 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,024 | 12 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,053 | 13 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,379 | 7 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
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| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Germaine! It came in at #1,426, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1899, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Germaine is popular in 1974
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#631 · 1 in 5,500
- Pennsylvania#846 · 1 in 11,141
- New York#1,130 · 1 in 12,894
- California#1,502 · 1 in 19,517
Best ever in a state: #25 in New Hampshire, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #631 | 6 | 1 in 5,500 |
| Pennsylvania | #846 | 6 | 1 in 11,141 |
| New York | #1,130 | 8 | 1 in 12,894 |
| California | #1,502 | 7 | 1 in 19,517 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Germaine
- Biggest jump: 263 spots in 1908 (#790 → #527)
- Biggest drop: 192 spots in 1909 (#527 → #719)
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 1928 at #480 (203 births)
- Births halved by 1940, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1903–1945
- Highest: 1 in 5,681 girls born in 1928 were named Germaine (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 20.8% of all girls named Germaine (1,644) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2022, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 27 | #1,263 (1897) | #1,340 |
| 1900s | 230 | #527 (1908) | #822 |
| 1910s | 1,028 | #495 (1913) | #582 |
| 1920s | 1,644 | #480 (1928) | #556 |
| 1930s | 1,354 | #502 (1933) | #572 |
| 1940s | 809 | #762 (1940) | #890 |
| 1950s | 882 | #947 (1958) | #1,067 |
| 1960s | 939 | #944 (1963) | #1,149 |
| 1970s | 560 | #1,161 (1972) | #1,885 |
| 1980s | 231 | #2,409 (1981) | #4,081 |
| 1990s | 129 | #4,380 (1990) | #7,207 |
| 2000s | 43 | #8,196 (2001) | #13,129 |
| 2010s | 18 | #13,347 (2011) | #14,737 |
| 2020s | 16 | #13,208 (2025) | #14,569 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Germaine in 1974
Top girls' names in 1974
Top boys' names in 1974
More about 1974
girls
1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 29,351 of them was named Germaine, which outranked 82.7% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,760Shira51
- #1,760Stephen51
- #1,760Zoraida51
- #1,772Germaine50
- #1,772Adam50
- #1,772Alisia50
- #1,772America50
- #1,801Avis49
- #1,801Carolynn49
- #1,801Chelsey49
Tied with 28 names at #1,772; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 13,914 of them was named Germaine, which outranked 87.3% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #758Jarod114
- #758Jeramie114
- #758Tobin114
- #761Germaine113
- #761Chauncey113
- #761Edmond113
- #761Keenan113
- #766Giuseppe112
- #767Ahmad111
- #767Jammie111
Tied with 4 names at #761; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.